CVE-2018-20030

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    CVE-2018-20030

    Published: 20 Feb 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags within libexif version 0.6.21 can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4358-1/, https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-28/, https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- faee2711aed6a1a2046d5f0fd89c1c894cd73400
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.6.21

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High